9 documents showing 1–9
Magellan Health, Inc. MGLN
Magellan destroyed $700M of value through failed acquisitions and three 2018 guidance cuts; Starboard's six-director slate will overhaul the board and run a parallel sale process at peer multiples.
N4
V2
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Oct 18, 2024
Spruce Point Capital
Erie Indemnity Company
ERIE
ERIE's 25% management fee on its sole client — the loss-making Erie Insurance Exchange — looks unsustainable; a 2003-style cut plus peer-level multiple would drive 35-55% downside to $211-$317.
N4
V3
Feb 22, 2019
Starboard Value
Magellan Health, Inc.
MGLN
Magellan destroyed $700M of value through failed acquisitions and three 2018 guidance cuts; Starboard's six-director slate will overhaul the board and run a parallel sale process at peer multiples.
N4
V2
Jan 23, 2019
Spruce Point Capital
Amdocs Limited
DOX
Spruce Point sees 25-50% downside in Amdocs (DOX): a Guernsey-domiciled telecom-IT vendor whose steady margins, opaque insider selling via Pines Quest, and dot-com-era accounting tricks signal $30-$45 per share.
N4
V3
Apr 23, 2018
Greenlight Capital
Assured Guaranty
AGO
Assured Guaranty is a melting-ice-cube bond insurer aggressively returning capital it hasn't earned; Puerto Rico losses alone (2-4x reserves) will force a capital raise or strip the AA rating it needs to write new business.
N5
V2
Jan 24, 2017
Ancora
Edgewater Technology, Inc.
EDGW
Edgewater's entrenched legacy board has overpaid two underperforming executives for 14 years; replacing four directors with Ancora's slate unlocks a turnaround in this sub-scale IT consultant.
N4
V3
Sep 14, 2011
Pershing Square
Hong Kong Dollar / Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
HKD
Hong Kong's USD peg forces the booming HKD to import US ultra-accommodative monetary policy, fueling inflation and property bubbles; a 30% revaluation to 6:1 offers ~44x upside via cheap call options.
N5
V3
May 21, 2008
Pershing Square
Wendy's International
WEN
Wendy's is fundamentally a franchise + real estate business trading at a peer-gap discount; the Triarc merger and OpCo turnaround unlock 75-85% upside to $49-$52.
N5
V3
Feb 01, 2006
Carl Icahn
Time Warner Inc.
TWX
Time Warner has underperformed its peer index by 51% under Parsons; splitting into four SpinCos (AOL, Content, Publishing, Cable) plus a $20bn buyback unlocks $30-45bn — a 35-54% premium.
N5
V4
Jun 17, 2002
Greenlight Capital
Allied Capital
ALD
Greenlight argues Allied Capital overstates NAV by mismarking illiquid BDC loans and funds its dividend with non-cash PIK income and fees from Enron-Raptor-style controlled subsidiaries.
N5
V1